Integration of the CLS Doctorate Into the Healthcare Organization (Clinical PRACTICE‪)‬

INTRODUCTION The velocity of change in health care has increased and there is a growing need to shift the emphasis from how laboratory information services are delivered (i.e. test results) to a focus on their direct contribution to patient care. (1) Without a significant change in the way that these services are rendered, the increasing personnel shortages at all levels may foster the factory mentality in the laboratory to the detriment of patient care. (2) Further, without additional understanding of new testing capabilities and constraints, it may be left to clinicians to rely on outdated and incomplete information when ordering tests. This would increase the use of inappropriate and multiple tests, thus increasing costs.